New York-1948: A Large Passenger Ship Docked With A Tugboat

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Year1948
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1948 New York

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A Large Passenger Ship Docked With A Tugboat — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1948: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a large white passenger ship docked at a bustling port, with passengers visible on the decks and colorful signal flags strung across the vessel. A smaller dark tugboat with a prominent 'M' on its smokestack maneuvers alongside, assisting the liner. The scene, viewed through a window frame, shows the city skyline in the distance across the water, evoking a sense of mid-century travel and maritime activity. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127560241

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 2269 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,decoration day,wj nolan jr
Reel-level year note: 1948
Reel-level location note: geneva new york
Date: 1948 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s documentary edits needing New York harbor passenger-ship, tugboat, or postwar travel atmosphere from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The large white liner, deck crowds, signal flags, tugboat, and distant shoreline may show mid-century port activity consistent with the supplied 1948 New York metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The view through a dark window frame gives the scene a visitor-shot perspective, observing the ship and tug from inside or behind a nearby structure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white passenger ship, passengers on upper decks, signal flags, a dark tugboat with an M on its stack, open water, and a hazy shoreline.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, gate edges, dust specks, and slight handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, harbor transition, travel cutaway, or memory beat between scenes about ships, arrivals, or New York waterfront life.
Historical context: The footage visually places passenger travel and tug assistance in an active urban harbor setting without identifying the vessel, pier, or exact waterfront location.
Research note: People and a visible vessel marking require review for likeness, trademark, and editorial context, while copyright and underlying rights should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches it may match include 1948 New York harbor 8mm, passenger ship tugboat, vintage liner docking, mid-century port footage, and home movie waterfront.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1948 New York waterfront material, then broader passenger ship, tugboat, and harbor travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1948 New York home-movie frame of a large white passenger ship with deck passengers, viewed through a dark foreground window frame. — Passenger ship decks and signal flags are seen through a window-like frame.

Large white passenger ship in New York harbor, with people gathered on upper decks and signal flags crossing the sky. — People line the deck of a white passenger ship beneath signal flags.

A dark tugboat marked with an M maneuvers alongside a large passenger ship in New York harbor, with shoreline visible across the water. — A tugboat works beside the passenger ship near a distant shoreline.

New York harbor scene showing a tugboat beside the passenger ship's bow, framed by dark vertical edges and a distant waterfront skyline. — The tugboat remains alongside the ship as the shoreline recedes in haze.

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